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An embossed foil Notary Seal from the State of New York. A notary public (a.k.a. notary or public notary; pl. notaries public) of the common law is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with general financial transactions, estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business.
In the United States, a notary public is a person appointed by a state government, e.g., the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, or in some cases the state legislature, and whose primary role is to serve the public as an impartial witness when important documents are signed.
A notary at work (painting by German artist Max Volkhart) Entrance to notary's office in Vigo, Spain "Der Notar" ("The Notary"), Copper engraving from 1698 book by Christoph Weigel the Elder. A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession ...
In common parlance, most jurisdictions require the appearer to sign before a notary public. From this, the practice of a notary public designating themselves as a signing agent has arisen. There are notaries public who specialize in the notarization of real estate transfer and loan document signings. Signing agents often have certification and ...
Notary public; Notary public (Florida) Notary public (New York) ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms ...
A notarius is a public secretary who is appointed by competent authority to draw up official or authentic documents (compare English "notary"). In the Roman Catholic Church there have been apostolic notaries and even episcopal notaries. [1]
A notarial act (or notarial instrument or notarial writing) is any written narration of facts (recitals) drawn up by a notary, notary public or civil-law notary authenticated by the notary's signature and official seal and detailing a procedure which has been transacted by or before the notary in their official capacity. A notarial act is the ...
Under these legal systems, to be received as a public instrument, a document must be subjected to a number of conditions. These include: Execution before two or more witnesses, or before an authorized civil-law notary or public officer; Testified by a public seal; Rendered public by the authority of a competent judicial officer